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Learning by Teaching: A Case Study of Co-Teaching to Enhance Nature of Science Pedagogy, Successes, and Challenges
Bilican, Kader; Akerson, Valarie; Nargund, Vanashri
International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, v19 n5 p957-976 Jun 2021
This study aimed to give insights of in-service teachers' experiences of nature of science (NOS) learning and NOS teaching through a co-teaching professional learning context. For this purpose, the co-teachers were encouraged to share and discuss ideas and to improve NOS teaching through reflection and collaborative interaction in the context of a Saturday science teaching program. The program provided students in Grades K-2 with hands-on activities covering various science topics over 5 weekly 2.5-h sessions. One co-teacher was an experienced university teacher; the other was an experienced primary teacher without NOS teaching experience. Data were collected by use of pre- and post-instruction of the Views of Nature of Science questionnaire, follow-up interviews, written artifacts, and videotaped teaching sessions. Results showed that co-teaching contributed to the teacher's NOS learning as well as NOS teaching. The teacher recognized subjective, creative, empirical, and sociocultural NOS; she started to use NOS vocabulary more comfortably and developed teaching strategies and examples for sociocultural NOS.
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Scientific Principles, Science Instruction, Instructional Improvement, Inservice Teacher Education, Professional Development, Teacher Collaboration, Experienced Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Hands on Science, Reflective Teaching, Program Effectiveness, Primary Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Primary Education
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Language: English
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